Blast Radius

Blast Radius

Change comes with un-intended consequences. It doesn’t matter how much, or how often you communicate, you can’t predict how people will respond to change until the rumours about the change start.

A Blast Radius diagram is used to explore the system you’re wanting to change. It helps you think about, and talk through, Experiments with your change team. The goal is to help you and your change team figure out where to start by visualizing your system.

Stories and Examples

Change managers, OD people, and Agile Coaches all love our frameworks, tools and models. We like to “invent” things to help our clients make sense of their environments. What ever happened to facilitated conversations? Here’s some ideas for how you can untangle the hairball that is your clients organization.

If all you have is hammer, every problem looks like a nail. Cute, but false. A hammer is just a tool, it doesn’t tell you how to use it. Here are 4 tools and visualizations you can use to help you make sense of complex organizational changes.